SECTION 195:10-3-2. Eligibility to take examination and application procedure

  All persons desiring to practice dental hygiene in Oklahoma shall be required to pass satisfactorily an examination before receiving a Certificate of Ability to practice. An applicant, to be acceptable for examination for a Certificate of Ability to practice dental hygiene in Oklahoma, must fulfill the following requirements:

(1)   Make application to the Board in writing. Forms are available upon request from the Office of the Board.

(2)   Applicant must be eighteen years of age or over.

(3)   Return the completed application at least thirty (30) days prior to the announced dates of the examination. The application must be accompanied by a Certified Check or United States Postal Money Order in an amount as set by the Board but not to exceed $100.

(4)   No application will be accepted for processing less than thirty (30) days before the announced dates of the examination.

(5)   After an application has been processed and the applicant notified to appear before the Board for examination, and should the applicant fail to appear for the examination, his or her file and fee will not be returned, and the fee will be considered forfeited and any temporary permit terminated. Should the applicant file for a subsequent examination, such applicant will be considered a new applicant and the fee for such examination will be as for other new applicants. New applications must be submitted each time an applicant expresses a desire to be examined.

(6)   If the applicant has not completed his or her last term in Dental Hygiene School prior to making application, the Dean of the Dental School or Director of the Dental Hygiene School should certify that he or she is a candidate for graduation in order that the application can be processed. No applicant will be allowed to take the examination until the Secretary of the Board has in possession, a photostatic copy of his or her Dental Hygiene Certificate of Graduation or diploma.

(7)   An applicant who is not graduating from a Dental Hygiene School the year in which making application must present with the application a photostatic copy of his or her certificate and a statement or certificate signed by the Secretary of the State Dental Board of the state in which he or she is registered stating the applicant is in good standing.

(8)   The Board recognizes only those applicants who are students or graduates of a Dental Hygiene School in the United States or Canada approved, conditionally or provisionally approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and the applicant must have, or will receive a Dental Hygiene Certificate from that school.

(9)   Applicant must attach a recent passport type photograph of self in place so designated on the application blank.

(10)   Applicant must present with application a transcript of grades received during his or her academic years of training in Dental Hygiene School.

(11)   Applicant will appear for personal interview, as requested by the Board.

(12)   Applicants must furnish their patients, instruments and material. Applicants must show proof of malpractice insurance pertaining to acts performed at, during or for the examination.

(13)   Applicants qualifying for an examination formulated and administered by the Board who fail to make the required grade will not be issued a Certificate of Ability, but may retake the examination. The additional examinations will require a fee as set by the Board.

(14)   Should an applicant fail the second clinical examination before further re-examination the Board may require evidence of additional education. After the third examination, the Board may deny the applicant further examination.

(15)   If the applicant successfully passes the examination and is granted a Certificate of Ability to practice dental hygiene in the State of Oklahoma, he or she will be required to pay an annual registration fee each year or his or her Certificate of Ability will be cancelled as provided by law.

(16)   A copy of the State Dental Act of Oklahoma and Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Board will be mailed to applicant with application.

(17)   All communications should be addressed to the current address of the BOARD OF DENTISTRY, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

[Source: Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2339, eff 7-11-03]